Pilot Whales at Puponga

New Zealand | Farewell Spit

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The inside of Farewell Spit probably sees more whale strandings than anywhere else in the world. Volunteers keep a pod of 80 pilot whales from overheating on a hot summer day. Wet sheets help protect from the sun and moats are dug around each whale and filled with cool water. On this occasion, most of the whales survived.